darkphantomx1 wrote:
How can anyone be proud of being autistic? You've read the statistics. A good majority of us are unemployed, live on social security benefits, don't drive, have very few to no friends, in our 20s and never dated, don't drive, don't go to college. How can anyone be proud of that? Autism makes you unique? Unique don't mean s**t when you're depressed all the time because you have no friends and can't get a job because of your differences or when you're living on your own off of SSI or Medicaid and unemployed. A good majority of us are losers; we're misunderstood by neurotypicals, we're nerds, we have no friends, we work low pay minimum wage job, our only friends are our parents. Some of us don't even parents to help us anymore.
That's the sad truth for many of you. Half of your autistic brothers and sisters will live a life like this because of autism. Yes, even many of you with HFA will live like this. Because you were born different, because you were born with autism. You never could live up to your full potential.
So tell me, how can anyone be proud of being autistic? Because I would cure it if given the opportunity.
I am proud of my autism because God doesn't make mistakes and it is freeing to accept myself and watch shows like the good doctor and criminal minds where genius autistic people make a really good impact on the world and cAn save lives. I know those two shows are fiction but turn the plate around and look at it in a different way. There are gifts - pouring so much energy into obsessions and really isn't it fun to be yourself? I know its hard to make friends but I had this moment where I was around someone different too and we both sat there silently occasionally every few minutes saying something and it was a really peaceful moment. There is hope.
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"Someday you might see who I really am, and it will change the way you feel about me." "Nothing could ever do that."
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whether as victor or vanquished, isn't it better than sullen resignation?